This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Monterey, California. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

In general, the work consists of, but is not limited to, all phases of tree management and maintenance, including planting, care, maintenance, pruning, and removal. The work shall be located in the Presidio of Monterey, Naval Postgraduate School, Ord Military Community and United States Army Signal Activity Camp Roberts (USASACR). The work shall include, but not be limited to: estimating the cost of, and performing, tree planting and transplanting, irrigation, pruning, and removal; emergency tree work after normal work hours, and/or at night, and/or on weekends and holidays; electrical conductor clearance, stump and root pruning, grinding and/or removal; hauling and/or disposing of brush, logs, and related debris; temporary traffic control design and implementation for tree work; arboricultural consultation, qualified tree risk assessment, tree health care diagnosis and treatment, report preparation, document review; tree inventory data capture utilizing the City's tree inventory. All work shall conform to industry standards as set forth in the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) A-300 Standards, Parts 1-9 and the ANSI Z-133.1 Safety Standards. This is a job order contract, which shall be used to provide the City with a readily available work force for all phases of tree management and maintenance, including emergency tree work after hours, and/or at night, weekends, and holidays. Question Submission Deadline: April 10, 2024, 5:00pm Contact Information Sabine Gordon Administrative Services Technician 23 Ryan Ranch Road Monterey, CA 93940 Email: sgordon@monterey.org Phone: (831) 646-3860 Question Response Deadline: April 12, 2024, 5:00pm An original certified check or cashier's check payable to the order of the City of Monterey, or a satisfactory bid bond executed by the Bidder and an acceptable surety in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the bid amount shall be uploaded with each bid, as a guarantee that the bidder, if its bid is accepted, will promptly execute the Agreement. The bid bond must be notarized, include the embossed surety seal, and include a Power of Attorney if the signee is not an officer of the surety. The original certified check, cashier's check, or bid bond must be received by the City no later than 1 p.m. on the Bid Opening Date. In order to ensure that the original certified check, cashier's check, or bid bond is received by the deadline, the City recommends bidders use express mail or personal delivery. The original shall be addressed to: City of Monterey ATTN: Finance Director 735 Pacific Street, Suite A monterey, CA 93940. The contract with a successful bidder will be for a term of one (1) year with a not-to-exceed annual funding limit of $1,000,000. The agreement will include an option for two (2) additional one (1) year extensions also with a not-toexceed annual funding limit of $1,000,000. The total term of this agreement will not exceed three (3) years. The amount of work to be requested during the twelve-month contract period cannot be well defined at the outset. Work shall be issued through Work Orders. The City reserves the right to reject any or all bids as the best interests of the City may dictate and, to the extent permitted by law, waive any irregularity in any bid. If there is any reason for believing that collusion exists among the bidders, the City may reject any or all bids.